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Omaha daily bee., 1887-11-30
Commercial Chips.

The produce market is quiet.
The demand for butter is increasing daily.
Grain remains steady at last weeks quota
tions.
Mitten & Co., of Tekamah bought goods in
Omaha yesterday
Mrs. H. Jansen, of Calhoun, purchased dry
goods in this city yesterday.
FL. E. Lucien, of Hooper, was in the city
yesterday purchasing dry goods.
IT, M. Sinclair, a young grocery man of
Grand Island, was in the city yesterday.
Hiram Scott and John T.. Asher of Au-
rora, Neb., were among the produce shippers
on the market yesterday.
F.. II. Chambers, prosperous merchant of
Blair, Neb, replenishcd his stock of dry
goods in Omaha yesterday.
The recent advance in the price of coal is
due to two facts First, an increase in de-
mand, The west is becoming settled very
rapidly and the demand for coal has in
creased one-third in two years. Second, a
failure on the part Of railroads to provide
cars in which to ship coal. A BEE reporter
was informed yesterday that orders sent in
last June were not yet filled on this account.
Omaha daily bee., 1887-11-30
Notice to Contractors.

The board of public lands and buildings will
receive bids at any time before December 10TH
1887, at o'clock p. m, for all work and material
to complete buildings for the Nebraska Indus
trial Home at Milford. Nebraska, including
service, according to plans. specifications and
detailed drawings on file with the commissioner
OF public lands and buildings, also with Blake
Co. architects in Omaha. Payments to be
made on monthly estimates and 10 per cent to
be reserved to insure the completion of con-
tract. Work to be completed by September lst
1888 Usual rights reserved.
BY order of Board of Public Lands and Build
ings q. l.. LAWS, secretary.
NovWoDec.lO Nov. 23rd, 1887.
Omaha daily bee., 1887-11-30

MoNEY-On call, easy at 2(d6 per cent,
closed offered at per cent.
PRIME MERCANTILE PAPER-Gl5 per cent.
STERLING EXCnANGE--Dull and weaker at
A.sll4 for 60 day bills, and Si.s4s4 for de-
mand.
Omaha daily bee., 1887-11-30

Showing the prevailing prices paid for live
stock on the markes:
Choice steers, 1900 to 1900 lbs 81 25(d4 30
Choice steers, 100 to 1900 lbs ... 4.00t4 35
Fat little steers, 900 to 1850 lbs -. 3.i50D3 s.
Corn-fcd range steers, 1900 to 1900 3.65d4 30
Good to choice corn fed cows 2250i2. 80
Common to medium cows ......... 1.t5@2.00
Good range feeders. .............2 2.30@2.65
Good native feeders, 800 lbs and
upwards ................... 2.55@2.s5
Fair to medium native feeders, 900
lbs and upwards ds................. a.25da. so
Stockcrs. 400 to 700 lbs s..........2 . lO(U2. 60
Prime fat sheep, p,...,,......,. 3.25d3. 80
Fair to medium sheep. ....... 2T5d3.0 90
Common sheep. ep................2 2OOCI2 25
Light and medium hogs .......... 4650l4.S0
Good to choice heavy hogs 49OCd5. .05
Good to choice mixed hogs. .... 4SO(p4. 90
Omaha daily bee., 1887-11-30
sheen.
Ohicial Receipts.

There were three loads of sheep received,
which sold on the market.
Omaha daily bee., 1887-11-30
General Markets.

FLAX SEED-Market Steady. Good quality
at los per bushel.
HAY-The receipts Of hay are decreasing
perceptibly while the demand is active The
following are prices quoted; Common coarse
hay, OUd7.5o per ton; upland prairie,
Wheat, No. 2, 63c; rye, 45(e5Oc; oats,
NC; corn, old, s79Sc; corn, new, 35c;
Omaha daily bee., 1887-11-30
Representative Sales.

NATIVE sTEERs-CoRN-fED.
No. Av. Pr. No. Av. Pr.
o.. .1225 $3.50 o.. .125s $3.50
81. ..1110 $40 80. .119S 400
H.. .12Sl $50 90. 1909 4.10
HALF BREEDs--CORS-FED
105. .1133 1886
COWS.
12.. 1000 $3.50 3d.. 976 so.75
12.. 1913 2.60 81. ..1l02 2.15
HElFERS.
H.. ). 100 so.1O
SHEEP.
33l .. Sc $500
Omaha daily bee., 1887-11-30
PRODUCE MARKETS.

Chicago, Nov. 20--Following are the 2:30
closing prices:
F'lour-Steady and unchangcd; winter
wheat, &5OM4.00 per bbl; spring wheat,
s3.500I4 30 per bbl; rye, 81. 10000 per bbl;
buckwheat $5.50M6.2 % per Dbl.
Wbcat-Quict and steady most of the ses-
sion: opened rather easier than yesterday,
and became weaker on indications of mider
weather when was favorable for growing
wheat; the closing was l4m19c below yester-
day; cash, 15}9c; December, 159sc; May,
50 13-16c.
Corn-Active, weak early, later developed
considerable strength; opened at about yes
terday's closing. and closed the same to &c
higher; cash, 46s4c; December, 4614c; May,
50lsc.
but in May delivery II fair volume of busi-
ness was transactcd cash, 2912c; December,
2Si%c: May, 32 l3-lBc.
Rye-Firm at 5534M56c.
Barlcy-Nomina at 750l19c.
Pr imc Timothy-S229.
Flax -seed-Sl .2501 l.25l2.
Whisky-S1.1O.
Pork-Unusually active; trade confined
almost exclusively to January and May de-
livery: January sl465; May, sl5.2219.
Lard-Moderately active and firm; cash,
and December, $40; May, $685..
short clear, S7.05@76O; short ribs, S7.42l}a
for January.
Butter-Steady; creamery, 22@29c; dairy,
16m25c.
Cheese-Steady; full cream cheddars, 116l
llil4c; flats, ll4@ll}4c; young Americas,
1ll3ml2c.
Eggs-2l622c
Tallow-Unchanged No country, 40
411sc; No. 2, 3l4c; cakes, 4l4c.
es-Unchanged heavy green salted, &c; {;
light, do, 1l2c: saltcd bull, &c; green salted
calf, s.; dry flint, l2C1l3c; dry calf, 12@l3c;
- lt,l Il
Omaha daily bee., 1887-11-30
Prevailing Prices.

Cattle, G cars, c., B. Il Q...........C Chicago
Hogs 8 cars, Milwaukee. ..... Cedar Rapids
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1887-08-18

The Wing offers five dollars for De
priests commission in order to have If
AUTOGRAPHED. The TIMES would prefer
to have Depriests picture, With ihe lake
in the background, over whose CLASSY
bosom Pizzini, Kendlcr, and Sullivan
could be seen sailing, while the chorus Of
reformcrs sang the pretty barcarole-
Paddle your own canoe
This is late in the day to play the risky
game Of doodle in Richmond, and we
believe that the time has come for good
citizens of all degrees to take one import
ant step, and that is to investigate reform
and then, if necessary, we can reform
investigation.
The temper Of the Richmond people is
easy going and patient, but it is honest
and there is time when they act with
as much decision as any community
would.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1887-08-18

The Association for the Advancement
OF Science did not forget to ask Congress
to admit free Of duty all books and i'm
plements for scientific and art uses This
is the plainest thing in the world.
Immense sums are raised for education
by taxes, and therefore the government
should not tax the articles imported for
use in the very highest branches Of edu-
cation which represent the greatest and
most efficient works in the cause of civil
lization.
There has been advanced at times a
silly idea about the protection Of Ameri-
can works of art as an excuse for a
tariff duty on paintings and sculptures,
but the same principle applies there.
A country should except from import
duties the things that tend to educate
and ciyilize, for 1t thus fosters the ele-
ments Of the highest education.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1887-08-18
nHOOII HAII.'

The Stdto thinks that though Mayor
Darlington had a right 10 act as counsel
for the architect seeking a contract from
the city yet the people would have been
better satisfied if it had been otherwise.
OF course. But the question Is, can a
public officer in charge Of a high trust af-
ford to play Pooh Bah, and change his
functions as often as his interest may
suit?
As counsel for Myers it was plainly
Colonel Carrington's duty to get a good
job of work out of the city But then as
Mayor Of Richmond ne should have dis
agreed with the attorney for Myers.
That the Mayor can reconcile the two
positions is proof of a high degree Of
personal cohesion under strong disinte-
grating influences. But, as the State sug
gesls, the people might have been better
pleased if it had been otherwise
The TIMES thinks that if such perform
anccs as have been reported in that in
vestigation are to be condoned for fear
of offending some alleged reform party,
the people Of Richmond had better get a
copy of the charter Of the city of Tit Poo
and model our city government on that.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1887-08-18

| saw an old man the other day, who, like
several other persons met, looked exceed
mgly warm, suddenly stop and eye cab
horse which looked even warmer than he,
and was amused 10 see him walk up 30 the
exhausted animal and begin 10 fan his head.
really think the horse smiled AT least his
look Of suffering Immediately disappeared.
II was fl kind act for q stout old party ia a
sweltering seersucker % devote hi, only fan
10 a poor cabby II was not so common "A
sight as 90 see a Harvard senior fan lovely
girl ON class day, but 10 was more disinter-
ested. 4 feeling that ! had witnessed the
scene somewhere before in comic guise
made me smile as | walked away | was
puzzled for a moment 20 know whence the
reminder came, but finally recognized that
the recollecti0ns OF "Titania' and the donkey
headed clown had been stirred by this mod
ern sight Yet ! felt that the old fellows
kind act was wronged by such q thought
He is one Of the men who help % compensate
for the wrong, done the animal kingdom on
the street. and if there is horse heaven he
will surely find welcome in its green pas
lures Boston Post
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1887-08-18
An Odd Custom in Athens.

A traveller meets with many customs IN
,,rance countries, which commend them
selves bv their uniqueness, but one ion Athens
yives 10 modern Greece a reputation She
never enjoyed I'm her palmiest days. The
Greeks are notorious FOR their uureliability,
md they break promises with perfect disre-
ard. knowing how easy it is TO make an
other Livery stable keepers are no worse
han other classes. but in this instance we
nave 10 do with them While in Athens we
were anxious 10 take drive, and to bee sure
Il n carriage al tine appointed time we went
he evening before % headquarters and left
our order. at the same time impreS,ing the
proprietor with the Importance Of prompt
ness The next morning we were ready at
.be hour, but no carriage had arrived We
waited an hour and still no carriage and
.hen we appealed 10 a friend, who had lived
long time in Athens telling him how we
had left our order the night before. He
asked If we had demanded forfeit OF the
PROPRIETOR. and with much surprise we told
MIN we Ind not He then informed us that
IL was customary when ordering carriage,
10 insure the order being met, 20 require a
forfeit of from 3 90 s. from the owner AS a
reminder % him that be had Ia contract 20
fulfill. II was a metholof business so entirely
new 10 us that we could scarcely believe it
possible. but we concluded 20 try 1t, and went
IF on a second hunt for vehicle. This
lime we demanded our forfeit, and it was
given MS without hesitation and promptly at
the hour set the carriage was ready for us
and we took our drive In paying for 10 the
forfeit was included in the bin, and the en-
tire transaction went OF as II that were the
only proper way 20 DO business and we were
verv unbusinesslike persons 70 have thought
otherwise IL goes without saying that the
Greek. have much more confidence in
strangers than is common In other countries,
Tor an we gave for our forfeit was form OF
receipt, valuable only as a souvenir, In case
we desired 10 run away with the money
Az OLD Traveller
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1887-08-18

Our special relative TO the smash up
at the Baltimore and Ohio station in
Washington yesterday contains the stars
editorial on the accident, which is the
most intelligent local opinion on the sub
jet.
Another cheap device instead of i'm
proved apparatus, appears to have been
the first reason for the accident, a sharp
curve being made use Of to construct
the "Y."
The public mind has been very much
excited recently, and there Is warm
wave of popular Indignation sweeping
over the country, with prospects of max
ing it led hot FOR the careless officials of
railroads, who seem to be habitually
unconscious of their duties and response
bilities.
In this case the engineer rushed the
train at the curve at a terrific rate of
speed, put on to make up lost time.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1887-08-18
INVESTIGATE REFORM.

When we see Malone come out as a
local reformer the people will then per-
ceive the necessity Of investigating re-
form, though we may afterwards be
obliged to reform investigation Perhaps
the Protean farce OF many DISCUSSES
under various masks will be best appre-
ciated in its last scene, when there
appears a reform coalition in Richmond
to play the motley characters Of the
party of high moral ideas.
Let the people of Richmond, all those
who are Democrats at least, understand
that this Is Republican side show, and
nothing that Independents " car make
out OF will dclude any but the few people
whom it may catch with appeals to preju
dice and by misrepresentation. Let the
sound men Of the city working men and
all, think whether they are to be led off
by defeated party under Malone with a
deception. And let them also under
stand that the whole thing is born and
bred IN the influence Of not more than
three hundred men.
The question is whether the city shall
be terrorized or the Democratic party
betrayed by a secret society whose pre-
tended numbers are the mockery Of
cOnceit.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1887-08-18

srxrFrvrH STREET vIADUcr.

Denver is not fond Of Omaha. Its citizens
say the Union Pacific railroad has always
Disseminated in Omaha's favor, and this ap-
pears 10 be true The Union Pacific has
always been Omahas friend, and it las
general Offices here When the road was
built in 1851 Omaha had only about 1000
people II now has $1,000, and it expects to
have more than 100000 10y the next census.
In the meantime Denver is also growing, and
the two cities are about equal in size.
These people Of Omaha live well They
have many fine houses and they spend their
money freely They have casino or beer
garden of the better class where there is good
music Of an evening and where one can go
and drink a glass Of beer without fear Of
being troubled by rowdyism, and they have
q very good opera house. The stores are good
and rents are high | was told by a merchant
who had n store % feet front by 100 feet
deep that he paid 5000 year rent. and this,
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1887-08-18
BRIDGR ACROSS rue MISSOURI

BY the way, ex-President Hayes has sold
bis property here 1t was pictured in one Of
the Chicago newspapers as oxPresident
Hayes saloon. md the laughter caused by
this was more than the ex-president liked, so
that he ordered it sold. 1t is safe TO say,
however that Hayes had nothing 20 DO with
the renting Of the property TO the saloon
keeper am told that II was held by him
rnder a suitcase, at any rate II IS now IN other
hands. The saloon has been torn down and
couple Of small brick business buildings are
going mp UPON its site The property has
risen in value and Hayes. though he may
have gained IN peace Of mind, certainly lost
money by selling The new United states
Senator Paddock has a business block here
Of red pressed brick, worth perhaps $4,000
Omaha j. prettier town than Kansas City
and 10 is much better paved. lis streets aie
wider and they are as smooth rs floor.
Many Of them are paved with asphalt, and
they think as little Of grading down forty
or fifty feet bin here as they do IN the east OF
filling up a mud puddle IN the middle Of the
road Omaha has spent more than s2Wv-V0O'
i'm public improvements, and 1t has two
viaducts which lead from the hills on one
side of the town % the hills on the other
above the railroad tracks These yiaducts
arr. we'll constructed, with great stone founda-
lions.
There is now being built a great bridge
across tine Missouri at this point which is 10
cost 81 $4,000 This bridge connects Omaha
with Council Bluffs aud it will bear four tons
10 the linear foot
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1887-08-18
SPECIAL AND PERSONAL.

Richard Scott, teller of the Manhattan
Bank, who gobblcd $4,000 and skipped
in 1885 has formally given away his pal,
Dunn, and the latter has been suddenly
whiskcd of To Jail in New York while
the principal culprit remains safe in Lon
don. SCOTS description of the tempta-
ton and fall is quite thrilling
"The next morning says he, being
Friday morning, went on the BoweIy,
bought a cOlOrcd flannel shirt at one store,
a dark felt hat AT another. and common
coat and vest at another store and had
these things put up together in small
bundle and took them with me TO the
bank"
con Friday afternoon, May 90, 1885, at
about 4 o'clock, took from the safe be-
longing to the bank Of the Manhattan Co.,
and which stood very near my desk. the
sum of 100000 in United States gold GER
tificates of deposit, in the denomination
Of one thousand dollar bills, and wrapped
them up in two separate packages and
placed the packages in my pOcke's.
Shortly after o'clock | left the bank,
taking with me the said United States
gold certificates, amounting in value 10
tie sum of $500, 1000, and the bundle con
tanning the articles of apparel, which !
had purchased in the morning | went
from the bank TO the station Of the Sixth
avenue elevated railroad at Rector street,
took Fifty -eighth street train and got
out at the station at Fifiy-eighth street
and Sixth avenue and walked upto Sixth
avenue and Fifty-ninth street, where |
found the said John X. Dunn waiting for
me"
Then lie describes the flight to Canada,
his arrival in Liverpool, and Dunn's join
ing him. Then how the thieves fell out,
and Dunn's return TO New York
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1887-08-18

AS fast as Riddleberger was put in Jail
he got out again by some hook or crook,
and at present he is reported as an out
door invalid on parole to put himself in
the clutches Of the law again as soon as
he is well enough to feed on the damps of
dungeon In the meantime numerous
statesmen who think they ought to be
senators are deeply interested in the pris-
oner's health There is a fond and anX-
ious solicitudc about Riddleberger that
is really touching. But some Of them
have gone so far as TO say that if he is in
bad health il would be we'll for the State
II she could be spared the nlicton of
such q senator at once.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1887-08-18

The land policy set in motion by Secre-
tary Lamar will release from the thrall
Of the Pacific railroad companies about
lOO,OOO,OOO, acres Of land which will be
thrown open to settlers right along rail
road lines
Now, will Mr.. George condescend to
offer some remarks on this subject
Ii looks to an unprejudiced person a.
If government that would do this had
better get some credit for the wisdom
and muniicence of its policy towards
poor men. II there is one-tenth
the brains in these great leaders TAT
fifty cents a lecture) as they claim, let
them organize the accumulated capital OF
laboring men lying in savings banks and
populate the rich lands that are offered
them. The thing can be done if George,
McGlynn d Co. have the ability.
But We suspect that they have not the
heart or the courage to attempt anything
great and noble What they want is
money and power for themselves.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1887-08-18

The Missouri river is a very uncertain
quantity, and the story that ! hear here
about an island lying above Omaha being
laid out I'm city lots reminds me OF
one which lay in the river just opposite Kan
sas City. This island was a quarter Of a
milo long. and the city authorities had
founded a pest house upon it, and all patients
having contagious diseases were taken 10 IT,
and not few died there and were buried.
A few weeks ago, during freshet, the citi-
zens looked out over the river for the island
and found il not The freshet had carried
both pest house and island away, and the
collins II the small pOx patients were floating
down toward St Louis IL may be the same
with the new addition laid out above Omaha,
Speukiug Of Kansas City, there Is great
jealousy between IL and Omaha, and Omaha
will not concede that Kansas City viii always
be- bigger than herself Both cities have
some Of the richest Of the western territory
tributary 10 them, aud both are big lobbing
points. Kansas City has a wholesale trade
which runs high into the millions yearly, and
SD has Omaha. am not sure, but | think
that Omaha now leads IN manufacturing,
md she is fast advancing IN pork
and beef packing, in which Kansas
CIV stands next TO Chicago One industry
which Omaha has is immense, and that Is In
her smelling works She has the biggest
establishment of this kind in the United
State. and ut this same establishment she
makes the biggest product Of blue viTiol ~
the United States, if not I'm the world. II Is
from her that the Western Union Telegraph
company gets all the blue yitriol that It uses
for lbs batteries and | saw here dozens OF
vats filling great halls, each vat filled with
vitriol and in each OF which 1t was crystal
liziug. saw here the ore taken from the
richest OF the western mines separated and re
duccd so that its gold, silver and lead was
taken ont pure, and am told that this estab-
lisnmcnt reduces about S20.0DOo0 worth
every year.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1887-08-18

The grayitaiion of the popular major
ity in England towards Mr. Gladstone is
striking tribute to theperyasiyc strength
against heavy odds of great man allied
to righteous cause-N J. Word.
That is a shining example to men Of
high or low degree to.apply sense and pa
triotsm to the right side of all questions,
bringing people to them instead of merely
trying to find out what is popular.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1887-08-18

manufacturing. the yearly product OF the
city amounts 10 over S3O,000,OOO and 5'OoO
workmen are employed in the various insti-
tutions.
House rents are high in Omaha, and a
bonse that will cost YOU s9j a month in smaller
western cities here costs from so TO $50
month"; while good houses IN respectable
locality within six or eight blocks of the post
office rent from 500 10 $50 per month Board
ING house keepers offer $50 a month for
houses right along, and good furnished rooms
ON ST Marv's avenue viii bring 50 "A month.
Rents will. however, be lower when the new
bridge 10 Council Bluffs iscompleted, and that
town will then be the Brooklyn Of Omaha.
These biz western cities bank "A great deal
upon their meat packing business. Thousands
If animals are killed here every day, and
when YOU consider that when COW or pig
enters one Of these establishments every atom
IF # is turned into some money bringing
product. YOU will see that the manufacture OF
900 hogs into pork, glue, bristles, and what
not. amounts 10 something. Not a hair nor
boof is wasted. and the fresh meat OF the beef
Is here dressed for shipment % Europe Inc
nacl,iuc- house, Of Kansas City have built up
suburban village and South Omaha Is
founded ON the Omaha stock yards. Chicago
is now the greatest packing center Of the
limited States. but Kansas City is fast gaining
mon il. and il stands second. Omaha Is fast
advancing IN this direction and the big pack
srs are building houses here. One establish
ment kills aud packs 5000 hogs day, and
another POO beeves daily was In Glasgow
year or so ago and heard Of the fortune
which am American had made in selling hogs
here find that this man had packing
house here. and be ha, just sold this 20 Phil
Armour, who proposes 20 put up additional
buildings 10 the amount of s;0O,0OO
THOMAS j. Tom.